Breeding one Breed of Dog to Another?

Question

My mother in law insists that if a purebred dog of one breed gets bred to another purebred dog of a different breed that the female is then "never the same" and the future puppies out of that female(even if both breeds are the same) cannot be registered because of that one "whoops" with a dog of another breed. I think this is totally stupid, and have told her this is not true. Please tell me your opinions. I belive this is a TOTAL old wives tale and genetically and scientifically cannot be factual. Her AKC Miniature Pinscher got pregnant by my AKC Toy Poodle, now she thinks her MinPin can NEVER be bred again, because she will have "poodle blood" in her, and says "it screws with the female's chemistry to be bred to another breed of dog". Her female is only registered, no titles or anything, she shouldnt be unfixed to begin with. My poodle is on his last leg of a CH. Someone please tell me this is BS so I can rub it in her face?

Answer 1

You are right. It is nothing more than an old wives's tale. It is impossible for the genes of another dog to remain in the mother once she has given birth.

It is like saying that a woman who had a child from Husband #1 gave birth a second time from Husband #2, that the child will have genes from Husband #1 and #2.

Answer 2

The dog will be the same dog and if the dog is registered and she is bred with another registered dog of the same breed at a later date the puppies can be registered.
There would be restrictions placed on a dog as far as I know, if a person is caught passing off puppies bred to an unregistered parent under the name of another registered dog whether the actual sire was purebred or not.
Unfortunately, the AKC is so lax, this often happens and cannot be adequately overseen.
No, the dog that bred with another breed does not become part of whatever mix or other breed she bred with!
It doesn't screw with the dogs "female chemistry" to have a litter of unregisterable pups.
I worked as a groomer before and a woman I knew brought in a basket full of puppies that she said she was sending papers on to get them registered. I told her not to because they were obvious mixed breed dogs. That is irresponsible breeding and it happens all the time. Just because a dog has papers is not a gaurantee that the dog is purebred or that the sire is the actual dog on the papers unless you personally know the people and you know they are responsible breeders.

Answer 3

Your Mother in Law is 100% wrong!!! An oops pregnancy in no way affects the future breeding of a purebred (or any other) dog.

If your mother in law is even the least bit interested in breeding she needs to get her facts straight and learn about breeding.

There will also be no problems registering a litter with AKC sired by an AKC Min. Pin in the future. AKC doesn't care if there were ever unregistered litters or mixed litters in the past. They only care that the current litter are produced by two registerd parents of the same breed.

Answer 4

Yes, your MIL is wrong. Breeding with a different dog breed will not affect future litters. It doesn't "mess with the chemistry" or cause blood from the other breed to get into the mother's system. What a silly idea.

I don't think the AKC cares about past breedings--all they want to know is the breeds of the parents of any particular litter. Whether the parents have heritable genetic conditions, whether the breeder is decent or runs a puppy mill, etc. doesn't matter.

But if she wants to believe that, fine, so long as it stops her breeding the dog in the future! There are too many unwanted animals out there already; the world does not need more, even if they are purebred.

Answer 5

If the female is bred with a purebred male, she will have a registerable litter.

The issue that many might find here is why is it that a quality bred female wasn't looked after properly to prevent a mixed litter of puppies in the first place. This really is more of an issue of the owner being a responsible breeder, and also can make them appear to be more of a backyard breeder instead. Personally, if I were looking for a purebred, I wouldn't even consider one where the momma had a mixed litter prior. I would question the ethics of that breeder in general.

Answer 6

I show dogs and breed them, so my answer is completely accurate here...

You are correct. The one whoopsie pregnancy with your poodle will give you a mixed breed litter of minpin-poos. They should be cute so I'm sure you will not have a hard time placing them. You can't register them though because they are not purebreds.

The female will not have "poodle blood" in her. It does not mess with her chemistry.
If she breeds her dog to a AKC male min pin next time the puppies will be akc registerable 100% min pins. There will be no issues with registering them and the puppies will not have any poodle in them whatsoever.
Each pregnancy is separate from the last one and no puppy genes pass to the mother. She is still a purebred and any pups with a purebred min pin will always be purebred and you can register them. I hope this helps. I haven't heard anyone say that one before. But it is completely false and you are correct on this one.

If she needs further proof she can e-mail the akc at akc.org and ask them. They will say the exact same thing I told you.

There have been lots of purebred females from breeders that were caught by a male from another breed, but they have gone on to produce purebred litters later in life.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

It does nothing to the *****. No poodle blood nothing like that…the problem is with AKC. That is the problem if they find out then they will not let the next pure little be registered as AKC. If you have any more questions CALL the AKC at [phone]
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Answer 9

It's not my opinion, it's fact that a previous breeding has no affect whatsoever on any future litters!

Tell her it is BS - absolutely impossible for her first litter to leave her with poodle blood in her. And you're right, this dog should be spayed.

Good luck finishing your championship!

Answer 10

Having a litter of crosses does not affect the genetics of the *****, how on earth could it? I hear this every once in a while.

But, since she believes this, and had an 'oops' litter, maybe she shouldn't be breeding anyway, she sounds like she is lacking the knowledge to breed dogs well.